Review: Shy, Low ‘Purity Spiral’
For fifteen years now, Richmond, Virginia’s Shy, Low have been busy carving a name for themselves in the heavy instrumental
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Review: Stoned Jesus ‘Songs To Moon’
In all the years I have been writing for The Shaman, there have been a few bands for whom I
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Review: Hippotraktor ‘Annihilist’
Hippotraktor isn’t a name that instantly springs to mind when you think of the ever-expanding roster of bands on Pelagic
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Review: Abscence ‘Each Fervent Kiss’ EP
So, just over a year ago, I stumbled upon a band whose music I don’t usually give my time to
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Review: Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree ‘In Between Strides’
Sometimes a band never truly finds themselves until well into their career. Starting out as one thing and evolving along
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Review: The Fierce And The Dead ‘Regional Theatre’
Way back in May 2024, while attending the last of the annual Portals Festival, one of the bands I came
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘These Killing Times’
It’s been five years since Engine Of Hell was released unto the world, and in that time, we have seen
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Review: Din Of Celestial Birds ‘Takeoffs & Landings’
Way back in May 2024, while attending the much-loved (and now lost) Portals Festival, two acts caught my attention that
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Review: Coyote Man ‘Prosthetic Memories’
Having first materialised in the early 2000s, it wouldn’t be until 2015 that the Chicago-based three-piece Coyote Man officially became
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Stoomfest 2026 Preview
Just as you thought festival season was winding down for the year, there is one last surprise lurking within the
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Review: Ladies Of Leisure ‘Demonstration’
Initially spawned way back in 2014, this undiscovered classic got shelved for well over a decade. At the time, I
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